Regulatory mood swings and corruption during the Awami League regime created disorderly conditions in the foreign exchange market, which led the foreign exchange reserves declining to levels too low for comfort, according to the White Paper on the State of Bangladesh economy submitted to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday...
Natural disasters have caused an estimated $310 billion in economic losses around the world this year, swelling six per cent from 2023 as the climate crisis takes its toll, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday...
UPON publication of the report by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan in August 2017, there should not have been any debate over the Rohingya people鈥檚 nationality and citizenship issues. According to media reports, in 2017, Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement regarding the...
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 team fell 12 runs short in what could have been their record chase against their Irish counterparts in the first of the three-match T20I series at the Sylhet Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Thursday.
Cricket Australia on Thursday defended its decision to boycott only some games against Afghanistan after the departing boss of the world governing body accused them of hypocrisy.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday asked the government to ban the broadcasting and publication of any 鈥榟ate speech鈥� or 鈥榠ncitement鈥� allegedly made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Taijul Islam bagged his 15th five-wicket haul in Test cricket while Jaker Ali played his career-best knock as Bangladesh registered a memorable series-levelling 101-win over the West Indies on the fourth evening of the second and final Test at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday...
An in-form Bangladesh women鈥檚 team would look to carry on the momentum of their ODI series sweep in the T20I series against Ireland that starts at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet today...
PARASITE, directed by Bong Joon Ho in 2019, had been critically acclaimed as one of the most effectual cinematic commentaries on modern society and hailed as one of the best films of the 21st century. With an airy balance of dark humour, suspense, and sharp-eyed social critique, Bong launches a scathing attack on the ideology of capitalism, fuelling those self-perpetuating cycles of exploitation, resentment, and...
Former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and advocate Qamrul Islam have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal in connection with a genocide case...
Taijul Islam snared five wickets for the 15th time in a Test innings to lead Bangladesh to a series-levelling 101-run victory over the West Indies on the fourth evening of the second and final Test at Sabina Park on Tuesday.
Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant will go for 1200MW electricity generation from Friday, as coal is imported for power generation.
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination on Tuesday said that India will not be given minimum concession on the question of the country鈥檚 sovereignty and integrity.
Jaker Ali's Test-best innings of 91 lifted Bangladesh to 268 all out in their second innings and left the West Indies with a daunting victory target on the fourth day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metro became runners-up as Khulna and Rangpur fought out a thrilling draw while Dhaka suffered a 122-run loss to bottom-placed Barishal on the final day of this season鈥檚 National Cricket League on Tuesday.
THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh鈥檚 socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation鈥檚 quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...
THIS is worrying that potato growers in the north are faced with a shortage of seeds and fertiliser. The shortage, coupled with high prices of both seeds and fertiliser, is likely to impact the potato production in the 16 northern districts, where two-thirds of potatoes are produced. As agricultural authorities have not ensured enough supplies, prices have increased sharply. Farmers in the region allege that syndicates...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday congratulated the Bangladesh blind cricket team for becoming runners-up in T20 Blind Cricket World Cup held between聽 November 21 and December 3 in Pakistan, says a press release.
A 鈥榖aggy green鈥� Test cap worn by Australian great Don Bradman sold for $250,000 at auction on Tuesday as collectors vied to own a rare piece of cricketing history.
Nahid Rana's first Test five-wicket haul nudged Bangladesh ahead of the West Indies before the tourists' usually suspect batting line-up displayed a measure of resilience to claim the upper hand on the third day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park.
Along with the ongoing seed crisis in the peak of potato cultivation season, a shortage of fertilisers has added insult to injury to the northern farmers as they have to pay up to Tk 450 extra for per sack of fertiliser...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday directed prison authorities to produce senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam before the court on December 4...
Sharmin Akter returned to the T20I squad after two years, while Jannatul Ferdus made a comeback after last playing for the country in 2018, as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the squad for the...
THE world is facing a serious water crisis, with 26 per cent of the global population still lacking access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 46 per cent are deprived of basic sanitation facilities. These alarming statistics, revealed in the UN World Water Development Report 2023, serve as a grim reminder of how far we are from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to ensure safe water...
A cap worn by Australia's greatest batsman Don Bradman will be auctioned in Sydney on Tuesday, with the tattered 鈥榖aggy green鈥� expected to fetch as much as US$260,000.
An unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 65 by Tayyab Tahir and Irfan Khan set up Pakistan for a 57-run victory over Zimbabwe on Sunday in the first of three Twenty20 internationals.
A group of Jahangirnagar University students staged a demonstration on JU campus, calling for reforms to what they described as a discriminatory quota system in university admissions, on Sunday...
Dhaka Metro were on the brink of victory in their final-round match of the National Cricket League against Chattogram after reducing them to 173-6, leading by 65 runs on Day 2 at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Sunday.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed stated that all-rounder Shakib al Hasan was still part of their plans for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
